Representative work by Nicholas Galanin
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Artist

Nicholas Galanin

b. 1979, Sitka, Alaska, USA · Tlingit / Unangax̂-American

  • Massey University
  • London Guildhall University

Nicholas Galanin works across sculpture, installation, photography and music to examine colonialism, land, cultural appropriation and Indigenous sovereignty. Traditional materials and contemporary forms coexist without being treated as opposites.

Sculpture; installation; photography; music

Major Works

  • 2012Things Are Looking Native, Native’s Looking Whiter
  • 2018White Noise, American Prayer Rug
  • 2020Shadow on the Land, an Excavation and Bush Burial
  • 2021Never Forget
  • 2016Kill the Indian, Save the Man
  • 2016What Have We Become?
  • 2021Land Swipe
  • 2014Indian Children’s Bracelet
  • 2012The American Dream Is Alive and Well
  • 2022Architecture of Return, Escape

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